You may have heard of people getting Lyme disease from a tick bite, but did you know Lyme can affect your heart? It can cause a complication known as Lyme carditis. But before I get into details about that, here’s a...

What happens when your heart, which pumps 110,000 to 120,000 times a day on average, has mitral valve prolapse? If you’ve been told you have this common valve malfunction, you may also be asking yourself,...

My wife’s grandfather passed away two weeks ago. At 94, he’d lived an amazing life. He grew up in a family that owned large areas of land near Farmington, New Mexico, and Durango, Colorado. He served as a pilot...

An interesting study by researchers at the University of Wisconsin in Madison explored the power of voice in times of stress. Sixty-one children were exposed to a stressful situation in the study: public speaking, followed...

As you age, you may experience high blood pressure and the stiffening of your lower heart chambers. But unlike your arm and leg muscles, your heart muscle should not get thicker, stiffer, and more pronounced, because these...

When my wife and I were married nearly 20 years ago, I realized that part of the deal was her dog Mitsy. She was a toy poodle, and already more than 10 years old at the time of our marriage. Mitsy was a friendly part of our...

Some of my earliest memories of growing up in a small northern Utah town are about having breakfast. No matter how early I needed to leave in the morning, my mother always woke me up in time to make me some type of breakfast....

As the new year begins, many of us are setting goals. Hopefully some of yours are regarding lifestyle changes that will reduce your risk of heart disease — things you can easily track on your smartphone. To prevent heart...

The close of 2015 is a perfect time to look back on the year and share with you 10 great discoveries in my field of heart disease. I hope these studies help us all make better lifestyle choices in 2016. Let’s get started....

The American Heart Association’s annual meeting November 2015 in Orlando, Florida, was a tremendous event where physicians and scientists from around the world shared new research into the treatment and prevention of...

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

T. Jared Bunch, MD

Dr. Bunch is a native of Logan, Utah and graduated from the University of Utah School of Medicine with alpha omega alpha honors. He completed internal medicine residency and fellowships in cardiovascular...read more

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